In the absence of first-best climate policy, we demonstrate that existing government institutions and policy established for reasons unrelated to climate change may induce climate adaptation. We examine the impact of temperature on ambient ozone concentration in the United States from 1980-2013,...

The Montreal Protocol is considered the most successful international environmental treaty. Its effectiveness has made it a model for other agreements, but its power goes beyond protecting the stratospheric ozone layer. Much of the implementing legislation appears in Title VI of the Clean Air...

Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Editors and Authors -- Series Foreword -- Foreword -- Preface -- I OVERVIEW -- 1 - Managing Global Environmental Change: An Introduction to the Volume -- 2 - Acid Rain, Ozone Depletion, and Climate Change: An Historical Overview -- II -...

The battle against climate change and its impacts in the United States must be waged on many fronts and requires many weapons. Until the federal government provides a comprehensive and mandatory legislative response to the climate change problem, gap-filling efforts such as regional, state, and...

In its ideal form, arbitrariness review is an instrument for promoting “deliberative democracy” – a system that combines reason-giving with political accountability. Under arbitrariness review in its current form, courts tend to embrace the “hard look doctrine,” which has a procedural...

This article assesses the prospects for liable entities under Australia’s proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) to rely on international and domestic offset credits. This is crucially important for liable entities as, under the CPRS, they must surrender a permit for every tonne of...

This chapter focuses on the potential impacts of rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide related to anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions on ocean ecosystems in the context of ocean acidification. The chapter also suggests the legal and policy implications of ocean acidification, with a...